Sony LIV was the official online broadcaster of 2018 FIFA World Cup and streams Live Cricket and Football matches & Sports Channels like Sony SIX, Sony TEN 1,2,3, ESPN. Other than English, Sony LIV is also available in multiple languages – Hindi, Marathi, Tamil & Telugu. It is currently available in all countries except USA, UK and Europe.

Most of the content is available in the free version which viewers can watch without signing up. There is a premium version as well, starting from as low as INR 29 for 7 days, much cheaper than rival international services like Netflix and Amazon Prime. Read along to find out more about SonyLIV Subscription Charges, Offers & how to watch it for free.

SonyLIV Premium Subscription Account

Sony LIV hosts over 700 movies and 40,000+ hours of entertainment. Most of the content on Sony LIV can be watched for free with ads, the premium account gives access to –

Real-Time Live TV Channels – mainly helpful for those who want to watch live Cricket and Football

Access to Movies & TV Channels marked as “Premium” on Sony LIV App

Ad-free viewing

Feature to download videos to watch them offline on Android & iOS App

Sony LIV Subscription Charges

Sony LIV Premium Subscription is currently available in selected countries – India, UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain. The payment can be done only in Indian currency. You can pay through Credit & Debit Card, PayTM, Payzapp or through Carrier Billing.

Sony LIV Premium Account Price

The current Premium plans are:

INR 29 for 7 days

INR 99 for 1 month

INR 299 for 6 months

INR 499 for 12 months

The Super Sports Premium Pack of Sony LIV is available for INR 199 for 6 months.

Some of the movies in their catalogue are on ‘Rent’. These movies can be rented for 2-3 days for a nominal price and can be played as many times as needed in the rent period.

Watch Sony Liv For Free Without Subscription

On MX Player

Good news for all the Indian viewers! You can now stream over 30,000 videos of Sony Liv for free on MX Player. It offers some of the premium content of top online streaming services for free, with Ads. You can watch some of the premium Sony LIV content for free on either the MX Player website or download the iOS & Android apps. If you want Ad-free access on MX Player, then you need to purchase the MX Player Pro app. Unfortunately, you can’t download the content offline on MX Player App, this functionality is available only on Sony LIV App for Premium Subscribers.

Note: This service is only available for India as of now. Also, you can’t download content from MX Player currently.

SonyLIV Subscription Offers

Sony LIV keeps coming up with many subscription offers from time to time. The listed offers have been verified as on May 1, 2019.

Mi TV & Xiaomi Devices (Mi A1 and MIUI version below 9.5 not applicable) get 3 months SonyLIV Premium membership for FREE. The offer is valid once per user. Just Log in to your MI Account and access Sony LIV in the VIP Section.

PayTM is giving 30% cash back on any SonyLIV subscription, once per user for first-time subscribers

Sony Bravia TV offers a free 3-month subscription.

What to Watch on SonyLIV

Sony LIV offers content around General Entertainment, Original Web Series including LIV Fit, Live Streaming of Football & Cricket Channels, all Live TV Channels from Sony Arena, Latest Hindi TV serials, Popular Hollywood & Bollywood Movies, Short-Films, Kids Special Content, and Music.

One of the key reasons to subscribe to SonyLIV is to watch live Football & Cricket Matches.

SonyLIV App Features

SonyLIV website and app has a relatively user-friendly interface and is easy to use. Player control options are not available, however, which makes for a significant drawback. Registered users even have these small features like Watch Later, Favourites, Follow TV Shows, Continue Watching.

Steps to Subscribe

Free Subscription is relatively easy in SonyLIV. First, you will have to register on SonyLIV –

Once you’ve registered your SonyLIV account, you can browse all the free titles (which don’t have ‘Premium’ or ‘Rent’ written on the image) available.

A faster way would be using your Facebook or Google account.

To upgrade to Premium, select ‘Get Premium’ from the premium bar and select the required plan and payment method.

How to cancel SonyLiv Subscription

Cancellation varies with the method of payment, but it’s pretty straightforward. For payment by:

Credit card or Paytm – Go to the ‘My Purchases’ section on the SonyLIV website or app and click Cancel.

Mobile Billing Operator – Users in India may send a toll-free SMS ‘STOP’ to 155223 and follow the instructions from the operator.

Google Play Store– Go to the Play Store Account, select Subscriptions tab and click on Unsubscribe.

Apple iTunes Store– Login to the iTunes store and in the Subscriptions tab, click on the pack you wish to unsubscribe from.

Pros and Cons

Pros:

Availability of widely followed Indian sports channels, more than 40,000 hours of SET content and 700+ movies

A wide variety of content available, including Movies, TV Channels, Original Web Series, Music Channels. Animes

The pricing of SonyLIV is inexpensive at only Rs 499 per year, a lot better than other VoD services like Netflix whose most basic package is Rs 500 per month.

A lot of content and live TV is available in the free version

Basic functionalities that are expected with a Video On Demand platform

Cons:

A very small selection of availability of Hollywood Content

No subtitles are available

Currently, you can control the video player only with a mouse. And no other Player Control options are available.

The app is not the best in the OTT segment and has issues in connecting with ChromeCast

The recommendation engine is not very helpful

There are no options to select appropriate video quality as streaming will take place automatically depending on the Internet connection.

The ‘Rent’ feature is not very useful as renting a movie for 2-3 days cost nearly as much as a premium subscription for a month. The same movie is sometimes available in some other OTT platform

Final Verdict

A lot of content and live TV is available in the free version, but there are ads and you cannot download videos to play them offline. A lot of original content is available for free on the website and several live TV channels with a 5-minute delay.

So, given the limited variety of content and availability of most of the content for Free, this subscription is mainly helpful for

Those who want to watch live cricket, football and other sports

Those who have a spotty internet connection and want to download a movie or tv show and watch it later

Ameena

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